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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Else offer Mamah outside a cafe in Chapter 31?
(a) Mint.
(b) Cigarette or smelling salts.
(c) Chocolate cookie or cigarette.
(d) Drink.

2. What color hair does Elinor Millor have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blond.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

3. Who asks Mamah if she can publish "Hymn to Nature"?
(a) John Phillips.
(b) David Wyatt.
(c) Pamela Davidson.
(d) Margaret Anderson.

4. Where was Frank's Japanese guide, Sugio Hiromichi, educated?
(a) London School of Economics.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Havard.

5. Who comes to Taliesin two days before Christmas?
(a) Edwin.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Reporter.
(d) Frank's children.

6. Where are Mattie's children being raised?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Iowa.

7. When did Harriet Monroe write a nasty review about Frank in the "Tribune"?
(a) 6 years ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 3 years ago.
(d) 4 years ago.

8. What paper does Edwin buy as the train stops in Madison?
(a) Chicago Sun-Times.
(b) Wisconsin State Journal.
(c) Chicago Tribune.
(d) Milwaukee Journal.

9. What does Herwarth Walden suggest Mamah order to eat?
(a) Omelet and potatoes.
(b) Bread and soup.
(c) Pheasant and cranberries.
(d) Roast beef and potatoes.

10. According to Gertrude, how many nights had Julian slept with an ax on his pillow?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

11. Who was Else married to?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A university professor.
(d) A military officer.

12. How much money did the Spaulding brothers give Frank to buy Japanese prints?
(a) $25,000.
(b) $2,500.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $5,000.

13. When does Mamah receive notice that Edwin has sued for divorce?
(a) February 17, 1911.
(b) January 10, 1911.
(c) February 3, 1911.
(d) January 27, 1911.

14. How old is Else's son?
(a) 4.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 8.

15. In Chapter 35, where is Frank going to build a summerhouse?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamah call women in the introduction to her book?

2. In Chapter 33, how many weeks does Edwin suggest that Mamah might be able to see the children in the summer?

3. When Frank learns he has to take the local to Taliesin, what time does he think they will arrive?

4. When Mamah reunites with her children in Chapter 33, how long has it been since she has seen them?

5. In Chapter 31, as Mamah looks out the cafe window, what are gray-braided grandmother's wearing?

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